Samoa: Staff Report of the 2005 Article IV Consultation

June 29, 2005

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Samoa: Staff Report of the 2005 Article IV Consultation, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2005) accessed November 21, 2024

Summary

This 2005 Article IV Consultation for Samoa reports that the combination of sound economic management and structural reform had led to robust growth, low inflation, sound public finances, and a comfortable external position. With continued commitment to sound macroeconomic and reform policies, Samoa became one of the best managed economies in the Pacific Island region. The level of public debt has steadily declined from more than 90 percent to about 50 percent. Samoa also made progress toward the Millennium Development Goals.

Subject: Balance of payments, Budget planning and preparation, Exports, Imports, International trade, Labor, Public financial management (PFM), Remittances, Wage adjustments

Keywords: Authority, Budget, Budget planning and preparation, Cost, CR, Debt outlook, Deficit, Deficit target, Exports, Imports, ISCR, Loss-making Polynesian Airlines, Minority interest, Pacific Islands, Remittances, Restructuring cost, Wage adjustments

Publication Details

Pages:

56
Volume:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2005/220
Stock No:

1WSMEA2005002
ISBN:

9781451840711
ISSN:

1934-7685

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